Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 5.9.41

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सतोऽसत्ता स्थिता मूर्ध्नि मूर्ध्नि रम्येष्वरम्यता ।
सुखेषु मूर्ध्नि दुःखानि किमेकं संश्रयाम्यहम् ॥ ४१ ॥

sato'sattā sthitā mūrdhni mūrdhni ramyeṣvaramyatā |
sukheṣu mūrdhni duḥkhāni kimekaṃ saṃśrayāmyaham || 41 ||

I see good is intermixed with evil, and pain abiding with pleasure; there is sorrow seated on the top (excess) of joy, so I know not whereto I shall resort.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.9.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satah, Sat, Sata, Asatta, Sthita, Murdhan, Ramya, Aram, Ara, Yat, Yata, Sukha, Duhkha, Kimi, Kah, Samshraya, Amin, Adah, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 5.9.41). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “sato'sattā sthitā mūrdhni mūrdhni ramyeṣvaramyatā ”
sato' -
sataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

sata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
asattā -
asattā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sthitā* -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
mūrdhni -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
mūrdhni -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ramyeṣva -
ramya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ramya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [locative plural from √ram]

√ram -> ramya (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [locative plural from √ram]
aram -
aram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

arā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yatā -
yat (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

yatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yatā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
Line 2: “sukheṣu mūrdhni duḥkhāni kimekaṃ saṃśrayāmyaham ”
sukheṣu -
sukha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sukha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
mūrdhni -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
duḥkhāni -
duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kime -
kimi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

kimi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
kam -
ka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
saṃśrayā -
saṃśraya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
amya -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]